Urban Growth

A New American Dream?

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Suburban Growth, Suburbs, Video, American Dream, Business News, Sprawling Suburbs, Urban Growth, Mcmansions, The Suburbs, Robert Shiller, Suburban Sprawl, Business News

WASHINGTON — Living in an outlying Chicago suburb, Jeff Wehrli recalls a heady time not too long ago when city dwellers poured in and developers...

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Magnificent Photos Of Dense Cities Around The World

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Urban Renewal, Photography, World Cities Climate Change, Asian Megacities, Video, Largest Cities, City Life, World Cities Density, Urban Density, Urban Growth, Densest Cities, Green News

From National Geographic: It's the tide of urbanization that has spread around the world. In the developed countries and Latin America it has nearl...

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Amazing Photos From 'National Geographic' On Global Population

National Geographic | Robert Kunzig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Population Growth, National Geographic, Slidepollajax, Urban Growth, Baby Boom, Spain, Japan, Global Population Growth, Demographics, China, Video, World News

The January issue of National Geographic features an in-depth look at global population growth around the world. (Scroll down for video.) With the sta...

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Psyche and the City: A Soul's Guide to the Modern Metropolis

Thomas Singer, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Psyche, Megacity, Soul, Natural Resources, Books, Book Reviews, Community, Urban Growth, Megacities, Cities, Books News
Thomas Singer, M.D.

How can one afford not to worry about the intersection of soul and city in the face of the staggering numbers related to the problems flooding our cities?

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Paris Toujours: A Reply to Roger Cohen

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, France, Urban Growth, Cities, Urban Planning, Roger Cohen, World News
Joan Z. Shore

It's true that Paris has changed. Evolved, I'd say. But it is trying, in some ways, to stop the alluring march of "progress."

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